Show Sports thoughts M 1 The one handed one handed catch has really become popular In the major leagues minor leagues high schools and In the youth leagues Many other Items have changed over the years In the Bronco Pony Mustang Colt Babe Dabe Ruth and Little L League e Last week a sectional Bronco League Tournament took place in Vernal Ned Lee Vernal who was one of the umpires during the tournament stated I think baseball as a whole is better than it was before There are more one handed catches I was taught to catch with two hands This is going on in the little league and the big leagues There are more one handed catches in the big leagues LEE um REMARKED that he felt Celt that one handed catching is bad If you catch it with one hand you have to raise your other hand to throw So why not catch it with both hands Bill Neff head coach of the Springville team which placed first in the tourney stated You have so many strong and bigger kids these days The kids are stronger and faster Most coaches who have the knowledge can make a winning team You have so many extracurricular extracurricular extracurricular ex ex- ex- ex activities that take lake away from baseball Arnie Cardon Lehi sectional tourney chairman said The competition is getting a lot tougher because there are more kids to choose from The pitching pitching pitching pit pit- ching is getting stronger as compared to four or five years ago rigo There have been a lot of mental mistakes that have created all the runs and not the pitching in the tourney VERNAL HAS liAS a pretty good program with all the ball parks They have about 7 lighted parks commented Cardon When asked about the increase increase increase in in- crease of one handed catches in inthe inthe inthe the Bronco League Scotty Gross Vernal Bronco League head coach remarked I guess too much TV I think the pitching pitching pitching pit pit- ching machine has helped the hitting The pitching machine is used in the Mustang League f I Jl 11 1 thi think baseball s ball has chang changed d quite a bit lt since e t the e I dont don't know if if its it's all that much better I think defense was stressed more then and its it's not stressed as much now I enjoy coaching the younger ones commented Vernal Bronco League Tournament Tournament Tour Tour- team assistant coach Gene Gurr John Hacking Vernal who was the umpire behind the plate for the second Vernal Lehi-Vernal battle stated You see alot more fancy danning The kids arent aren't getting behind the ball There is more speed in the game and there are more opportunities to play and more players There are a lot more playing facilities HILL BILL CHON CRONQUIST QUIST Springville assistant coach said It is a big sacrifice to get geta a winning team You have so many conflicting material things and a lot of parent pressure that interferes with the game Sometimes they ought to let the kids play the game Its It's Bronco a great program because it takes the kids off the streets and gives them something to do at night It puts them together and teaches them unity It teaches leaches them respect for their teammates teammates teammates team team- mates and teaches leaches them to take lake orders remarked Cronquist Ted Jenkins father of a Bronco team member Pat Jenkins said Its a terrific game especially if you have kids in it Vernal has one of the best programs Merwin Kellogg a Vernal Bronco ronco League fan remarked Its a good program Im I'm glad they have a program like they have here The facilities are as asgood asgood asgood good as they have anywhere in inthe inthe inthe the state When asked to compare present day baseball to baseball in the Lee Brady said Its a little better beller The leagues are arc starting out at a younger age They are arc playing the same rules that they will use when they get older |